infoman wrote:They are only entering early to mid October apps right now. You're not doing yourself any favors by calling, except driving up hold times for everyone else. It is what it is & they are super swamped & have been since September. They're also a state agency- it literally takes congress approval to get more workers, they can't just hire more whenever they want. When you increase volume, add holidays, add 20,000 renewals that all waited until Sept. 1, add all the instructor renewals, you can't expect anything but big delays. The more you call & email them the more bogged down you make it for everyone else. Just my 2 cents.
I don't think they are that organized. Two of the people I took the class with now have their plastic (and I don't). We all three mailed within the first 2 weeks of November. While I think the majority they are working on are still Oct. I know it's not exclusive. The first guy sent his in 3 days before me and had it by Thanksgiving. The second last week, and he sent his a week after mine.